Neil Plakcy Books in Order

Honolulu detective Kimo Kanapa'aka is forced to face both murder and his own hidden life when a case erupts after a night in Waikiki. Coming out and catching a killer become part of the same fight.

Coedited with Sharon Sakson, this anthology gathers gay men's stories about the dogs who loved, steadied, and changed them. It is affectionate, funny, and sometimes quietly heartbreaking.

Kimo goes undercover on Oahu's North Shore to catch whoever is killing surfers. The job drags him back into old wounds, surf culture, and the lies he hoped to leave behind.

A bombing at a charity event aimed at supporting gay marriage sends Kimo into a case tied to escalating anti-LGBT violence. Fire inspector Mike Riccardi becomes both ally and complication.

Brian Cohen lands a job helping launch a gay website on South Beach and develops a major crush on his boss. The result is a witty, romantic look at ambition, friendship, and desire at the turn of the millennium.

A shopping-center fire that kills a boy forces Kimo to work with Mike, the man who broke his heart. Murder and old desire flare up together.

ESL teacher Aidan Greene meets bodyguard Liam McCullough in Tunisia just as a dead courier and hard men close in. Their attraction builds fast while they race through the desert carrying a deadly secret.

A short, character-driven piece set around a diner, where ordinary conversation opens the door to attraction and a possible new direction.

A gay pop star on Tunisia's resort coast needs protection, and Aidan and Liam take the job. Bombs, threats, and jealousy test their still-new partnership on and off the clock.

Fresh out of prison and back in his hometown, Steve just wants a quiet restart. Then his neighbor is murdered, he inherits her golden retriever, and Rochester starts nudging him toward the truth.

Steve Berman loses his job just before the High Holidays and takes a strange new one in Florida mall development. Family chaos, construction-site comedy, and Jewish family ties drive this comic novel.

This collection of erotic short stories follows Kimo through hookups, danger, and the messy early stretch of being out. It fills in the spaces between the mystery novels with heat and character detail.

This erotic collection leans toward romance as well as heat, with beach settings, travel, and unexpected emotional turns. The stories move from Hawaii and Florida to farther-flung coasts.

College lust drives this collection of erotic stories about frat boys, athletes, students, and teachers pushing boundaries. The settings vary, but youthful swagger and sexual curiosity stay at the center.

A South Beach bodybuilder develops superpowers in this playful fantasy-romance novella. Plakcy treats the setup with both camp energy and real affection for its hero.

Linked stories follow seven fathers and their sons across the 1960s and 1970s as small-town life changes around them. An old prank with an outhouse becomes a tradition that binds generations together.

This collection brings together fifteen erotic stories about blue-collar, rugged men, from construction sites to beaches and highways. It mixes heat with the earthy details of working lives.

An elderly woman is shot at a Hawaiian sovereignty rally near Kimo's own family. As he investigates competing groups and dirty money, home life with Mike grows just as complicated.

Miami Beach party planner Adam Beller meets contractor Javier Marisco during a crisis and cannot shake the attraction. Business trouble, family pressure, and even a dead body complicate their South Beach romance.

A carpenter and a decisive executive grow close while putting together a holiday party. The festive setting gives this romance both warmth and pressure.

A brief contemporary romance where a simple photo booth moment opens into something more personal. It is small-scale, warm, and built on chemistry.

A romantic fantasy with a sensual edge, Rhiannon leans into transformation, longing, and mythic mood more than straightforward realism.

Aidan and Liam guard a spoiled student at an English-language institute, but the job quickly turns dangerous. Old loyalties, career doubts, and a ruthless enemy put their romance under strain.

Five romance stories, some guided by very opinionated cats, pair men and women who stumble toward happy endings. It is lighter in tone and built around charm more than suspense.

This South Beach collection gathers MM romances set among Art Deco streets, holiday parties, yachts, and power outages. The mood is sunny, sexy, and grounded in Miami Beach life.

This anthology reworks fairy-tale ideas for gay romance, letting princes, would-be rescuers, and unexpected heroes find their happy endings. Plakcy blends charm, desire, and playful reinvention.

Steve brings Rochester to his new college job, only for the dog to discover a body in the snow. Admissions secrets and fundraising pressure make campus life deadly.

A stolen painting on the French Riviera pulls an art consultant, a young painter, and a reckless thief into danger. Art history, older-younger attraction, and crime intertwine in this romantic mystery.

This South Beach romance looks at a long-term couple who start questioning their boundaries. Desire is still there, but so are the risks of change.

This collection spins off from the Three Lambs fraternity at Florida University, giving different young men their own charged stories. It mixes campus rivalries, friendship, and explicit desire.

Graduation season at Eastern College is thrown into chaos by a murder and a computer problem that threatens student records. Steve and Rochester must sort out campus politics, money, and dog-world grudges.

A power outage leaves a hair stylist and one of his favorite clients with nowhere to hide from their attraction. It is a quick, intimate holiday romance.

During Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution, Aidan and Liam are asked to protect a young girl whose activist parents are in danger. Love, prejudice, and unrest press hard on both the case and the couple.

A Pennsylvania history professor discovers letters that suggest James Buchanan had a male lover, and the find changes his career and love life. Scholarship, publicity, and trust collide fast.

A young mother's murder looks like a home invasion, but the truth is harder to read. Kimo and Ray chase the real motive while Kimo and Mike weigh what the future of their family might look like.

This shorter romance blends heat with surprising tenderness, turning a charged situation into a story about connection rather than just impulse.

On a visit to Eastern College's lake property, Rochester uncovers a human hand. Steve, Lili, and the dog follow the trail from Bucks County to New York and Philadelphia in search of a killer.

A darkly funny private-eye mystery with a genie as the detective and a squirrel as his intuitive sidekick. Magic and crime make an unusual pair, but Plakcy plays the setup straight enough to sell it.

Fresh out of college, Manny Garcia lands a construction job in Miami and promptly falls for his older boss. Work, desire, and being out at the wrong moment make his dream job precarious.

A warehouse fire and a dead island grandee send Kimo into Hawaiian history and present-day danger. At home, he and Mike prepare for parenthood and take in a troubled teen witness.

On Corsica, Aidan and Liam protect a mining executive's family while two college-age sons fall into a Romeo-and-Juliet-style romance. Business rivalry and island politics turn lethal.

These short Mahu stories fill the gaps between the novels with murders, missing people, and strange corners of Hawaii. It is a smart entry point for readers who want more of Kimo's world.

This erotic collection gathers shorter stories set everywhere from Hawaii to Florida. It is broad in setting, direct in heat, and varied enough to show several sides of Plakcy's erotic fiction.

South Beach barista and aspiring singer Gavin catches the eye of music producer Miles Goodwin. New opportunity comes with insecurity, ambition, and a summer romance that has to survive real life.

Aidan's cousin pulls the bodyguards into danger when Sephardic relatives in Istanbul need help getting out safely. Family history and assassins test both the mission and the men's relationship.

A human bone found during a town festival leads Steve and Rochester into buried secrets from the Vietnam era. Old Quaker history and present-day danger make this case more than a cold mystery.

On assignment with the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force, Kimo and Ray investigate threats against a senator's family and other mixed-race households. The case hits even harder because Kimo has newborn twins at home.

Stolen drugs from the local vet's office put one of Steve's friends under suspicion. Steve and Rochester trace the theft toward nursing home deaths and a darker criminal network.

A former porn star hires Aidan and Liam after he thinks he has a stalker. What starts as a protection job becomes a messy tangle of past mistakes, fresh danger, and an unexpected second chance at love.

A small recipe collection for people who like making festive treats for their dogs. It stays practical, pet-centered, and clearly shaped by Plakcy's long affection for dogs.

Former athlete Warren Updegrove has achieved his sports dream and still feels lost. On the fields and bar stools of South Florida, he has to decide whether to keep chasing the wrong men or notice the friend beside him.

Tall, awkward coder Larry Leavis lands a South Beach startup job and discovers that tech success does not simplify love. Caught between a dangerous client and a man who might actually be right for him, he has to choose wisely.

Seventeen-year-old Michael Torani thinks his crush on Daniel Florez is his biggest problem, until one kiss changes him in strange ways. First love, weird new brainpower, and real danger turn this into teen romantic fantasy.

This follow-up to Mi Amor revisits Adam and Javier after time apart. Harvard, ambition, family expectations, and business strain force them to ask what still holds them together.

Aidan and Liam protect a disgraced Russian oligarch on the Riviera after an assassination attempt. The job brings danger, loneliness, and questions about whether they're getting too old for close protection.

When a sailboat carrying four bodies washes ashore on Oahu, Kimo traces the mystery into nuclear smuggling and international danger. The case pulls him far beyond Honolulu.

When Steve's old college friend Doug dies under suspicious circumstances, grief becomes a new investigation. Steve and Rochester chase the truth, even when it threatens Steve's hard-won stability.

Fresh out of Quantico, Angus Green lands in South Florida and gets pulled into a jewelry heist rooted in gay Fort Lauderdale. Bookish, young, and sharp, he has to learn fast.

A disrupted animal blessing sends Steve and Rochester back into Steve's Jewish roots and his hometown past. Their search for the truth links a murdered man to old family and congregational secrets.

Former college lovers Eddie and Darren reunite on South Beach just as both are trying to launch gourmet tea businesses. A forced collaboration gives them a second shot at both work and love.

Recovering from a gunshot wound and stuck at a desk, Angus stumbles onto sexual abuse of gay teens near his home. What looks local opens onto cash laundering and larger criminal networks.

Steve's old friend Peggy stands accused of murder and faces the death penalty. To save her, he and Rochester must dig through a life of drugs, bad choices, and hidden motives.

Teenager Michael Torani's crush on new boy Daniel Florez becomes something much stranger after a kiss leaves him smarter and far more exposed. Their first romance soon collides with gangsters and FBI agents.

Veteran and mapmaker Eric Mueller starts a new career in Fort Lauderdale just as his stepbrother moves in. Old attraction, new adulthood, and hard personal changes make the romance messy and compelling.

Angus tries to help recover a painting stolen from a gay Holocaust victim and gets swept into an art-smuggling case. The trail runs from Fort Lauderdale to Venice and forces him to grow up quickly.

A contemporary MM romance about finding common ground, emotional honesty, and the hard work of seeing another man as he really is. Career pressure and old habits make that harder than either hero expects.

Peter McGuire is an EMT with a Christmas-sized secret, he is one of Santa's reindeer. When he rescues Jonny after a bad hike, romance arrives just as duty and magic threaten to tear it apart.

Plakcy retells the bond between David and Jonathan from the Book of Samuel as an intimate MM historical romance. He adds emotional texture and everyday detail to one of literature's oldest same-sex love stories.

While on leave, Kimo helps investigate whether a Hawaiian schoolmate accused of murder deserves a second chance. What begins as a family favor leads toward corruption and secrets on Oahu's Windward Coast.

Rochester finds a body during a neighborhood walk, and Steve starts suspecting trouble close to home. A homeowners association fight turns into a murder case with personal stakes.

This practical guide explains what community college can offer, from financial aid and course choices to online study and career preparation. It is aimed at students, parents, veterans, and returners.

This collection of shorter Golden Retriever mysteries follows Steve and Rochester through thefts, murders, an abandoned baby, and everyday Stewart's Crossing life. It is a quick way to spend more time with the series cast.

When bookstore owner Darlene Nowak is killed, Steve and Rochester sort through food-truck feuds, writers' grudges, and wounded egos. Small-town creativity turns surprisingly dangerous.

A politician asks Kimo to reopen a fifty-year-old death with military ties. The cold case forces him to dig into old cover-ups while his twins start asking hard questions about family.

A virus that seems to spare gay men and women tears across the world, and journalist Jasper Green gets close to the truth too fast. Part thriller and part thought experiment, it imagines a pandemic reshaping society.

Aidan and Liam return to bodyguard work when Aidan's ex calls in crisis. At a Bahamas conference, they must decide whether the threats around a troubled diplomat are delusion or something much worse.

A Syrian refugee and a rich spice-heir fall hard just as someone starts trying to kill one of them. Aidan and Liam step in on the French Riviera, where romance and terrorism both threaten the case.

An Alzheimer's patient dies in the river as Lili loses her mother, and Steve suspects there may be more behind one death than grief. Rochester helps him navigate murder, family strain, and mourning.

Third son Lord Magnus Dawson and scholar-valet Toby Marsh are thrown together in Victorian England just as both men need a future. Their growing love has to survive class rules, money worries, and danger.

Aidan and Liam guard a young Oxford scholar whose ancient scroll could change lives and careers. On Djerba, scholarship, faith, and murder-minded enemies collide.

After heartbreak, Isaac Evans flees to a solitary job on the Delaware Canal and meets injured immigrant Lenert Tessmer. Their rural 1870s romance grows slowly, under pressure from changing times and unkind neighbors.

A lean crime story that pairs sharp humor with sudden danger. What starts in an ordinary setting quickly turns into a tense standoff with guns, bad judgment, and escalating trouble.

A double homicide in a wealthy home pulls Steve and Rochester into a case full of money, betrayal, and family secrets. At the same time, Lili's strange behavior makes Steve worry about his own future.

After Pascal Montrouge's death, Jeff Berman learns the man he loved may have been living under a false identity. Grief turns into an amateur investigation about love, lies, and what remains after betrayal.

Steve and Rochester befriend Luke, a guide dog in training, just before Luke's young owner is shot. Digging into Ben Ji's lies pulls Steve into campus trouble and a neighborhood murder.

During a pandemic lull, Aidan and Liam head to Luxembourg to protect an old friend who uncovered money laundering. Masks, immigrant smuggling, and old wounds make danger harder to read.

Plakcy breaks down how genre novels work, from beats and scenes to acts, tropes, and reader expectation. It is a practical craft guide meant to help writers shape messy drafts.

A missing mother and her neurodiverse teenage son vanish in parkland outside Honolulu. Kimo must read both the land and the people around it before the trail runs cold.

Angus Green looks into smuggled Cuban art after a young art historian is detained entering the United States. The case mixes immigration, money laundering, ethics, and Angus's own questions about family.

Tree-removal scams, stolen art, and dead bodies send Steve and Rochester from Pennsylvania to New York. It is a bigger, more mobile outing that still keeps the series' warmth intact.

While planning their wedding, Steve and Lili get drawn into a murder tied to an old gallery event and a crime that never truly ended. Rochester helps nose out the past.

Set in Hawaii and shaped by the spirit of community, this story looks at loss, resilience, and the stubborn will to help after disaster. It is more about recovery than easy answers.

Lord Therkenwell and French diplomat Raoul Desjardins fall for each other while navigating Victorian politics and imperial rivalry. Their love story is threaded with espionage and real risk.

Two murdered women seem unrelated until Kimo and Ray start seeing the pattern. Teen dating, influencers, angry young men, and danger to Kimo's family raise the stakes.

In 1968 Miami, newly minted PI George Clay is hired on what looks like a small matter and instead lands in a murder case. Queer noir atmosphere, class tension, and hidden desire drive the story.

Steve and Lili are nearly at the altar when dognapping, murder, and catering worries crash the party. Wedding plans become a mystery all their own.

A Vermont honeymoon turns into a murder investigation after Steve and Rochester find a body. The victim's pet-food empire and personal history leave plenty of suspects behind.

When celebrated boxer Ezra Curiel is arrested for murder, barrister's clerk Silas Warner is determined to clear him. Desire, class difference, and the threat of scandal shadow every step.

A romance about reinvention, ambition, and the risks that come with trying to build a better life on your own terms. Plakcy keeps the focus on emotional honesty as well as attraction.

When tech founder Noah Kim is murdered in Honolulu, Kimo and Ray enter a case where AI, Hawaiian knowledge, family secrets, and fatherhood all collide. Mike's injury makes the investigation personal at home too.

This pair of cozy novellas, one by Plakcy and one by Joanna Campbell Slan, begins with trouble at the dog park. Plakcy's entry gives Steve and Rochester a sharp little murder case.

At Friar Lake, a food course on Caribbean cuisine is interrupted by threats, old documents, and murder. Snow, secrets, and obsession trap Steve in a high-pressure winter case.

At a Purim carnival, Rochester finds the body of a young Orthodox diamond dealer. Steve's investigation leads into a closed religious community and a case tangled with smuggling and coercion.

A holiday visit to Stewart's Crossing brings Steve and Rochester another seasonal puzzle, mixing Christmas warmth with the kind of trouble that never fully takes a break.

A reality cooking show for people and dogs throws Friar Lake into chaos with sabotage, missing ingredients, and no corpse in sight. Steve and Rochester must save careers and reputations instead of just solving murder.

Miguel is left on the streets after his father is deported, and a pit bull leads him to the Smiling Dog Cafe. There, safety, work, and human kindness begin to feel possible again.

A romance built around a globe-hopping competition, this story uses travel, pressure, and teamwork to test a couple on the move. Speed matters, but so does trust.

After his wife's sudden death, Barry Goldstein finds himself reconnecting with the sister he has barely spoken to in years. Family history, grief, and the Smiling Dog Cafe guide both of them toward repair.

Dismissed Foreign Office man Reed Lydney and struggling scholar Israel Kupersmit uncover espionage, blackmail, and murder in Victorian London. Their attraction grows while Russian intrigue closes in.

This opening volume brings together two linked healing novellas set in a Brooklyn cafe where coffee, painted dogs, and quiet kindness change lives. Broken people arrive, and slowly begin to reconnect.

Two quiet novellas bring people in transition to the Smiling Dog Cafe, an Olympic luge medalist without direction and a retired woman who no longer knows who she is without work. The dogs know where to send them.

Kimo Kanapa'aka returns in another Hawaii-set investigation, balancing police work, family life, and the pull of the islands as a new case rises with the tide.